THE KISS: A JAMBALAYA.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1982). 1st ed, gray boards, w/dj. "This new volume contains forty-four poems on the theme of kisses or kissing" (from the jacket.) A fine copy in like jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1982). 1st ed, gray boards, w/dj. "This new volume contains forty-four poems on the theme of kisses or kissing" (from the jacket.) A fine copy in like jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. 1st edition, boards, w/printed dj. Inscribed in year of publication to fellow poet and close friend, Ralph Mills. The inscription reads: "For Helen & Ralph / Love, / John / March 4, '82" in black ink on the title page. "This new volume contains forty-four poems..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1960). 1st edition, full gray cloth, with printed dust jacket. Inscribed to Nims' good friend and fellow poet, Ralph Mills. The inscription reads: "For Ralph & Helen, / Thanking them for / Tante belle cose, & / wishing them the / same. Affectionately, /..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers U Press, (1967). 1st ed, full black cloth, w/dj. "Brief and apparently simple, the poems . . . are elegantly constructed and make use of a verse form seldom attempted in contemporary poetry" (from the jacket.) The red background of the dust jacket is quite sunned, else..... More
Chicago: U of Chicago Press, (1982). 1st ed, simultaneous paperwraps. Fine, appears unopened. More
New York: New Directions, (1990). 1st ed, full black cloth, w/dj. Jacket comments by J.D. McClatchy and James Dickey. ". . . an elegant fusion of contemporary sensibility with formalist experimentation (from the jacket.) A bright, fine copy in like jacket. More
Fayetteville: U of Arkansas, 1990. 1st ed, full gray cloth, w/dj. Review comments by Karl Shapiro and Anthony Hecht. A fine copy in like jacket. More